Israeli Airstrike Kills 5 in West Bank, Including Hamas Commander – Palestinian Media
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 3 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank killed a commander in the Palestinian armed group Hamas on Saturday, Hamas media reported, while Palestinian news agency...
U.S. To Send More Warships, Fighter Jets to Middle East to Bolster Defenses
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday, as Washington seeks to bolster defenses...
Killing Hezbollah Commander in Beirut Was Biggest Loss for Group Since 2008
BEIRUT, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Fuad Shukr, the top Hezbollah commander killed by Israel on Tuesday, was a founding member of the Iran-backed group who helped oversee its expansion from a shadowy Lebanese civil war militia...
Biden Says Killing of Hamas Leader Haniyeh Not Helpful for Ceasefire Talks
By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday the killing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' leader Ismail Haniyeh was not helpful for reaching a ceasefire in Israel's war in Gaza.
There has been an increased...
IDF Confirms Killing Al Jazeera Journalist, Says He Was Hamas Operative
JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday that it had killed Al-Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul in an airstrike in Gaza, saying he was a Hamas operative who had taken part in the...
Hezbollah Confirms Top Commander Killed in Israeli Strike on Beirut Suburb
By Maya Gebeily
BEIRUT, July 31 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah confirmed on Wednesday that senior commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital, making him the most senior figure...
UN Security Council Countries Express Alarm Over Risk of All-Out Middle East War
By Daphne Psaledakis and David Brunnstrom
July 31 (Reuters) - United Nations Security Council countries on Wednesday called for stepped-up diplomatic efforts to avert a wider Middle East conflict after the killings of two militant leaders raised...
Khaled Meshaal, Who Survived Israeli Assassination Attempt, Tipped to Be New Hamas Leader
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
CAIRO, July 31 (Reuters) - Khaled Meshaal, tipped to be the new Hamas leader, became known around the world in 1997 after Israeli agents injected him with poison in a botched assassination attempt on...
US Says Middle East War Not Inevitable, Seeks to ‘Take Temperature Down’
By Karen Lema
SUBIC, Philippines, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday he did not think a wider war in the Middle East was inevitable and that the United States was seeking...
Israeli Strike Targeted Head of Hezbollah Ops Room, Fate Unknown – 3 Security Sources...
BEIRUT, July 30 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday targeted the head of the armed group Hezbollah's operations room, three senior security sources told Reuters, saying that his fate...
